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JAMES M. KEEP, orA NEW YORK, iN. r.

Letters Patent No.'

The Schedule referred to' in To whom it may' concern Be it known` that I, JAMES M. KEEP, ci the Anity of l New York, in the county and State of N en' York, have invented ai new, cheap, and convenient Device for Giving the Dancing-Motion to-Toys; and do hereby declare that the following is o full und clear description of my invention, reference being had to the accompany.- ing drawings, forming a. part ot' these specifications.

My invent-ion consists of apiu-tform, mode of tin or any other suitable materinhacting upon a. hinge, and

provided with e lng, or fulcrum, to be acted upon hy et toothed, or ecoloped wheel, or disk, or its equivalent, made ci' tin, or other suitable material, the whole being constructed es hereinafter describe yinthe pinto et drawings 'accompanying these specilichtionsm Figure l represents o perspective wie v of my device fordancingtoys, constructed with the piutiorin and disk completo, with the toy attached, sind ready for use.

Figure 2 rcrepresentozt cross-section, showing, hyoutlines, the position of' the platform and disk.

Figure 3 represents e, littoral seotion, also showing the position ot' the plat-forni and disk.

To enable others to construct and use my .I will now proceed to describe it in detztil.

By referring to fig. 1, n. gener-nl idea of the constrnction of my devicefor dancing toys may he ini-d. 1t cousin-tss of a stand, A,`made oi' wood or other mw terial, through which passes thc crank-shalt B, and by which the disk in made to revolve.

I then provide a platform, C, made of tvo, in other Suitable mnfteriai. This platform is allowed "to play loosely upon o hinge, D, iig. 3, in such a. [hunner that invention,

vupon the under side of the vplattL sesos, dazed Mor-ch so, 1869; anodized immer 3o, 1868.l

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it'rnay be moved freely in an upward and downward direction, and is secured to the base, or stand by4 this hinge, a lug, or fnl'crum E, fig. 2, having been formed brin, by forcing down a portion of' the platform, by soldering on a piece, or any other convenient method, the fulcrmn being in such a position as to come in contact with the periphery of' the toothed disk, or wheel F.

The dancing toy, or rigore is to be suspended :tbove and near the platform, by means of en einstic wire or, cord, or any suitable device.

The cra-nk B, now being turned, causes the toothed wheel, or disk F to revolve, the teeth of which, noting upon the fulcrum E oi the platform G, cause the letter to take on :t pcrpendicuiorLosoiHating or vibrating motion, whereby it comes in Contact with the feet of the figur-gc suspended above it, in such a. manner to give it the appearance oi'dznicing.

The novelty ot' my invention consists in producing the dimming-motion of toys, by rotating a toothed wheel, or disk, or its equivalent, in connection with zt'vibmting platform, whether the parts are situated as herein de scribed or not. Y

What I claim :is my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Potent, iss- 'lhe within-nmned platform and disk,`or their equivalents, so combined :uid so operating, by rotating the disk, its to give o vibrating motion to the platform, an and for the purpose herein described.

' J. M. KEEP.

Witnesses:

Gmo. E. J EwETr, Lvl-:wis C. DUNN. 

